"As a human being, it’s in your nature, when somebody says something about you negatively, to defend yourself and lash back. That’s what we all have to learn not to do. You have to forgive a person. And when you forgive a person, you have to forgive yourself."
- Ray AllenFormer NBA player Ray Allen, who was renowned for his superb shooting abilities and played for the Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks, once gave a wise saying in an interview that has struck a deep chord with a lot of people. His remarks speak to the innate human propensity to become defensive in re…